As Stalingrad-size casualties mount in civil war Syria today, it’s worth remembering how the French and British thought they could create a ‘modern’ Syria in 1941 Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 6 March 2016 36 comments As General de Gaulle set out for the Middle East in April of 1941, he famously wrote that […]
Source: The New Yorker Growing up, in Maplewood, New Jersey, where her father was a narcotics detective and her mother a special-education teacher, Ibtihaj Muhammad competed in softball, tennis, volleyball, […]
Source: Reuters A powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam on Thursday declared a new law that criminalizes violence against women to […]
Source: The Guardian The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has praised the Muslim community as “respected and valued” in Australian society, in a speech community leaders have said will go some […]
Source: Time He’s been cancer-free for about two months Former President Jimmy Carterno longer needs cancer treatments. The 91-year-old made the announcement at a Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist […]
Source: Time From his college readings to legislation in Congress, the Vermont Senator has had unusual views on health. On the day of his crushing victory in the New Hampshire […]
Source: Time Opinion on how to tackle the problem is divided In a chintzy banqueting hall in Wembley, London, soft boos punctuate the loud chatter. A 300-person strong crowd, ranging […]
Story by Moni Basu, CNN Video and photos by Matthew Gannon, CNN Lethbridge, Alberta (CNN) Muna Ali adjusts the hijab covering her wavy brown locks as she pushes a cart […]
Source: BBC European Union leaders are holding a key summit with Turkey in Brussels on ways of dealing with Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War Two. The EU is pressing Turkey, through which many migrants transit, to take some back in return for $3.3bn in aid. Turkey is […]
Source: NBC News SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea issued another threat Monday, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction […]
Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey hold ‘difficult’ summit Source: BBC Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in seven charts Migrant crisis: Have EU promises been kept? In depth report Why is […]
Source: BBC Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in seven charts Migrant crisis: Have EU promises been kept? In depth report Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum? European Union […]
Source: Nature Water scarcity contributes to the poverty of around one-third of the world’s people. Despite many benefits, tree planting in dry regions is often discouraged by concerns that trees reduce water availability. Yet relevant studies from the tropics are scarce, and the impacts of intermediate tree cover remain unexplored. […]
Source: ABC News On Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders faced off against each other at the seventh debate of the primary season in Flint, Michigan. […]
National post Toronto The death of Owais Egwilla, left, was announced on social media accounts affiliated with Libyan fighters, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The youth’s father was Abdu Albasset Egwilla, right, a Libyan-Canadian religious cleric. TORONTO — The son of a former Ottawa cleric who encouraged Libyans to […]
Source: Tech Crunch Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering (and one of its most popular WWDC presenters) says the FBI’s demands on the company will make all […]
Source: Patheos A year ago, in my own neighborhood of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, three Muslims students lost their lives to a hate crime. I feel the pain and anguish of […]
By Ian Mevorach Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center (www.commonstreet.org) Huff post: Islamophobia has been on the rise in the United States ever since 9/11. […]
The Daily Times: Did the Holy Prophet (PBUH) not repeatedly forgive those who slandered him and attacked him? In this space, I have continuously written about the threat that an overbearing clergy poses to a state that is attempting to relearn moderation after spending a large part of the last […]
Source: BBC It is said there is nothing like a mother’s love, and you don’t need to look far to find proof. This Mother’s Day, BBC Earth is celebrating the […]